William Paley

'The consciousness of knowing little, need not beget a distrust of that which he does not know.'In Natural Theology William Paley set out to prove the existence of God from the evidence of the beauty and order of the natural world. Famously beginning by comparing the world to a watch, whose design is self-evident, he goes on to provide examples from biology, anatomy, and astronomy in order todemonstrate the intricacy and ingenuity of design that could only come from a wise and benevolent deity. Paley's legalistic approach and skilful use of metaphor and analogy were hugely successful, and equally controversial. Charles Darwin, whose investigations led to very different conclusions inthe Origin of Species, was greatly influenced by the book's cumulative structure and accessible style.This edition reprints the original text of 1802, and sets the book in the context of the theological, philosophical, and scientific debates of the nineteenth century.

Natural Theology

The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy

James Tate

The Horae Paulinae of William Paley, D.D. Carried Out and Illustrated in a Continuous History of the Apostolic Labours and Writings of St. Paul, on the Basis of the Acts ...

Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity

Containing His Life, Moral and Political Philosophy, Evidences of Christianity, Natural Theology, Tracts, Horae Paulinae, Clergyman's Companion, and Sermons, Printed Verbatim from the Original Editions. Complete in One Volume

The Works of William Paley ...

Edmund Paley

The Works of William Paley: Evidences, Horace Paulinae & Tracts

A View of the Evidences of Christianity ... Sixth Edition

Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature

“A” View of the Evidences of Christianity...

A View of the Evidence of Christianity

William Hamilton Reid

Alphabetically Arranged, with an Account of His Life and Critical Remarks Upon Some of His Peculiar Opinions

Beauties Selected from the Writings of the Late William Paley, D.D., Archdeacon of Carlisle

A View of the Evidences of Christianity ... With annotations by R. Whately

Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature

The Works of William Paley ... With a Life and Portrait of the Author, Etc

Collected from the Appearances of Nature

Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity

Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity. Collected from the Appearances of Nature. 11th Ed

Natural Theology ... Tenth edition

Natural Theology ... The nineteenth edition

William Paley

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